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Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

The paper examines the determinants of the division of labour within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive change in work organization away from the traditional functional departments and towards multi-tasking and job rotation. Whereas the existing literature on the division of...

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Reorganization of Firms and Labour Market Inequality

Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

This paper explores the implications of the ongoing reorganization of firms for inequality in the labour market. We show how recent technological advances in physical and human capital can lead to the breakdown of occupational barriers, creating demands for new combinations of skills, and...

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Top Research Productivity and its Persistence

Kelchtermans, Stijn; Veugelers, Reinhilde - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

The paper contributes to the debate on cumulative advantage effects in academic research by examining top performance in research and its persistence over time, using a panel dataset comprising the publications of biomedical and exact scientists at the KU Leuven in the period 1992-2001. We study...

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Restructuring Production and Work

Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

The paper analyses the contemporary organizational restructuring of production and work and derives some salient implications for the labour market. The analysis focuses on the switch from occupational specialization at 'Tayloristic' organizations to multi-tasking at 'holistic' organizations....

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Centralized Bargaining, Multi-Tasking, and Work Incentives

Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

The paper examines the implications of an important aspect of the ongoing reorganization of work – the move from occupational specialization towards multi-tasking – for centralized wage bargaining. The analysis shows how, on account of this reorganization, centralized bargaining becomes...

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Green innovations and organisational change: making better use of environmental technology

Hottenrott, Hanna; Rexhäuser, Sascha; Veugelers, Reinhilde - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

The literature on within-firm organizational change and productivity suggests that firms can make more efficient use of certain technologies if complementary forms of organization are adopted. This issue may be of even greater importance for the case of greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement...

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Diversity of science linkages and innovation performance: some empirical evidence from Flemish firms

Cassiman, Bruno; Veugelers, Reinhilde; Zuniga, Pluvia - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

This paper examines the diversity of the types of links of firms to science and their effect on innovation performance …, firms with a science link enjoy superior innovation performance, in particular with respect to innovations that are new to …

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Complementarity in the Innovation Strategy: Internal R&D, External Technology Acquisition and Cooperation

Cassiman, Bruno; Veugelers, Reinhilde - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

Successful innovation depends on the development and integration of new knowledge in the innovation process. In order … to innovate successfully, the firm will combine different innovation activities. In addition to doing own research and … development, firms typically are engaged in the acquisition of knowledge on the technology market and cooperate actively in R …

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